Snow observations in Mount Lebanon (2011–2016)

Fayad, Abbas; Gascoin, Simon; Faour, Ghaleb; Fanise, Pascal; Drapeau, Laurent; Somma, Janine; Fadel, Ali; Al Bitar, Ahmad; Escadafal, Richard

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-573-2017

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-9-573-2017

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15 Aug 2017

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| 15 Aug 2017

Snow observations in Mount Lebanon (2011–2016)

Abbas Fayad, Simon Gascoin, Ghaleb Faour, Pascal Fanise, Laurent Drapeau, Janine Somma, Ali Fadel, Ahmad Al Bitar, and Richard Escadafal

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Final revised paper (published on 15 Aug 2017)
Preprint (discussion started on 22 Feb 2017)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of Fayad et al., Snow observations in Mount-Lebanon (2011-2016)', Anonymous Referee #1, 05 Apr 2017
- SC1: 'Correction of shortwave and snow course data', Abbas Fayad, 11 Apr 2017
  - RC2: 'Comments on essd-2017-3', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Apr 2017
- AC1: 'Author response to Reviewers', Abbas Fayad, 18 May 2017

Short summary

Snowmelt plays a key role in the replenishment of the karst groundwater in Lebanon. The proper estimation of the water contained in the snowpack is one of Lebanon's most challenging questions. In this paper, we present continuous meteorological and snow course observations for the first time in the snow-dominated regions of Mount Lebanon. This new dataset can be used to feed an advanced snowpack model and is the first step towards a better evaluation of the snowmelt in Lebanon.